In this Book
- Northwest Lands, Northwest Peoples: Readings in Environmental History
- Book
- 2012
- Published by: University of Washington Press
summary
It can be said that all of human history is environmental history, for all human action happens in an environment—in a place. This collection of essays explores the environmental history of the Pacific Northwest of North America, addressing questions of how humans have adapted to the northwestern landscape and modified it over time, and how the changing landscape in turn affected human society, economy, laws, and values.
Northwest Lands and Peoples includes essays by historians, anthropologists, ecologists, a botanist, geographers, biologists, law professors, and a journalist. It addresses a wide variety of topics indicative of current scholarship in the rapidly growing field of environmental history.
Table of Contents
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- Part I: This Place
- pp. 27-30
- 5. Willamette Eden: The Ambiguous Legacy
- pp. 95-110
- Part II: First Peoples
- pp. 125-128
- Part III: Rivers
- 13. The Northwest's Hydroelectric Heritage
- pp. 264-294
- Part IV: Agriculture
- pp. 309-312
- Part V: Forests
- pp. 411-414
- Part VI: Mining
- Contributors
- pp. 529-534
Additional Information
ISBN
9780295801377
Related ISBN(s)
9780295978383
MARC Record
OCLC
774404026
Pages
560
Launched on MUSE
2012-02-08
Language
English
Open Access
No